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Hope and Gravity
Michael Hollinger
Escalator
by Tanner Heath, Matthew Waterman, Hunter McKenzie, Austin Hughes
Highlights
Synopsis
A group of individuals in mall get stuck on a broken escalator.
Only interested in their own lives and technology, tensions rise as they try to find the best way off of the escalator.
It isn't until they are able to band together against an snooty shopper by throwing her into a foutain that they are able to find a way to not only get off the escalator, but open up to the people around them.
Published in the collection T hespian Playworks 2015
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| ALEX WILLIAMS Son of Helen Proctor, age twelve |
| CHARACTER 1 Teenage girl |
| CHARACTERSMIRA Seventeen then eighteen, female, a student at Bloomington High School North in the year 2015 |
| JACK Seventeen, male. Withdrawn, kind, and geeky. |
| NISHA Seventeen then eighteen, female, likewise |
| CHARACTER 2 Teenage boy |
| MAX Seventeen, male. Confident, handsome, and equally geeky. |
| ISOM PROCTOR African male, fourteen, adopted son of Helen Proctor |
| JUNE Seventeen, female. Enigmatic, vibrant, and down-to-earth. |
| HELEN PROCTOR Unmarried tavern owner, mid-twenties |
| CHARACTER 3 Young girl |
| CHARLIE Seventeen then eighteen, male, likewise |
| CHARACTER 4 Man in his mid-thirties |
| PARIS BLACKBURN British officer stationed in the colonies, mid-twenties |
| ABBY Eighteen, female. Self-assured, commanding, and conniving. |
| EMILY Seventeen then eighteen, female, likewise |
| KANSA (KAHN-suh), seventeen, female, a member of the Fort Ancient people in the year 1015 |
| MIRANDA GOOD Friend to the Proctor family, around sixteen |
| CHARACTER 5 Woman in her twenties |
| TINA Eighteen, female. Poised, observant. |
| DANNY Eighteen, male. Flirtatious, forward. |
| ACUERA (uh-KWEH-ra), seventeen, female, likewise |
| ALEXANDER WILLIAMS Alex’s father, around thirty |
| CHARACTER 6 Man in his twenties |
| CHARACTER 7 Woman in her early forties |
+ 2 more characters
Publication
Escalator is a comedy play written by Tanner Heath and published by Samuel French .
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Fee: Minimum Fee: $90 per performance$55 per short play individually
Restrictions: Major Markets Only (US) / Standard Restriction (UK)
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